# virgule
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/
* (US) IPA: /ˈvɝ.ɡjul/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

virgule (plural virgules)
* (typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
** 1990, John McDermott, Punctuation for Now, page 20:Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.
* (typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
** Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
* (typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
** (poetry) Used to mark metrical feet.

#### Synonyms

* (all): virgula (rare), virgil (UK, obsolete)
* (scratch comma): comma
* (caesura mark): caesura
* (oblique line): slash
* (vertical line): pipe

#### Related terms

* virgula, virgil

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga (“rod, branch”).

### Noun

virgule f
* divining rod

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga (“rod, branch”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /viʁ.ɡyl/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophones: virgules, virgulent

#### Noun

virgule f (plural virgules)
* comma (punctuation mark)
* (mathematics) decimal comma (see usage notes)
    En Europe continentale, la virgule permet de noter la partie décimale; pi vaut environ 3,1415. ― In continental Europe, the comma is used to denote the decimal part; pi is about 3.1415.

##### Usage notes

* In France, unlike in English-speaking countries, a comma is used to separate the whole and decimal parts of a decimal, while a space (gap) is used to mark off thousands. So "100,000.9" ("one-hundred thousand point 9") is written in French as "100 000,9".

##### Derived terms

* à la virgule près
* point-virgule
* virgule fixe
* virgule flottante

##### Descendants

* → Romanian: virgulă
* → Turkish: virgül
* → Persian: ویرگول (virgul)
* → Azerbaijani: vergül
* → Uzbek: vergul

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

virgule
* first-person singular present indicative of virguler

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

virgule
* third-person singular present indicative of virguler

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

virgule
* first-person singular present subjunctive of virguler

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

virgule
* third-person singular present subjunctive of virguler

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

virgule
* second-person singular imperative of virguler

### Further reading

* “virgule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

virgule f (plural virgulis)
* comma

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* virdgule

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga (“rod, branch”).

### Noun

virgule f (plural virgules)
* (Jersey) comma

#### Derived terms

* point virgule (“semicolon”)

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvir.ɡu.le]

### Noun

virgule f pl
* plural of virgulă